A learning experience

It was a learning experience when the Jaguars boys' basketball team tangled with Apple Valley on Saturday night at SCSU. Between that game and the Sartell-St. Stephen game, the Jaguars faced opponents who were bigger and stronger than they were for the first time in years. I suppose I could go back to the Springfield game when we battled with their Division-I lineman in the paint.

With all the shots that rimmed out during the first half, had even half of them gone down, the Jaguars easily could've gone into halftime down by 10 or 12 points instead of 22.

Coming up in Jaguar Country: multiple road games for the boys' and girls' basketball teams, beginning Thursday when the boys travel to .500 Paynesville for a border battle and the girls head up to winless Ashby.

The Jaguars wrestling team hosts an 8-team invitational on Friday starting at 2:30pm. Don't forget to circle your calendars for the B-B-E Dazzlers dance team invitational with 9 teams next Monday, January 7 starting at 7:00pm at the high school. It's a robust event that includes A-C-GC, Albany, Alexandria, Lakeview, Melrose Area, Paynesville Area, Rockford Area and Yellow Medicine East. That makes it the biggest dance team invitational that B-B-E has ever hosted.